Heidi Hollinger

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Heidi Hollinger
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Hollinger, Montreal, 1994
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Montreal, Quebec
Alma materMcGill University[1]
Known forphotography
Websiteheidihollinger.com

Heidi Hollinger (born 1968) is a political photographer, documentary presenter and politician.

Life and work[]

Hollinger was born in Montreal, Quebec.

After opening a photo studio in Moscow, she photographed over 100 political conventions in Russia, and traveled extensively to photograph other world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jean Chrétien, Fidel Castro, and the Dalai Lama.

After living for ten years in Moscow she returned to Montreal. For four years starting January, 2011, she was a presenter of documentary series Waterfront Cities of The World for Discovery Channel. Each of 39 episodes of this series described one of the port cities in different parts of the world.[1][2][3]

Exhibitions[]

  • Faces of the Opposition, Moscow Photo Center (1994); Kazan, Tartarstan (1994); Omsk, Russia (1994); Bergamot Station Galleries, Los Angeles (1995);[4]
  • Building Moscow, Moscow City Hall (1995)[4]
  • Politicians from A to Z, The State Duma, Moscow (1996)[4]
  • New Genre: The Russian Political Portrait, Manezh Gallery, Moscow (1996)[4]
  • Contemporary Artists, Metropole, Moscow (1996)
  • Politicians, Almaty (1998); Saratov (1999)[4]
  • Peculiarities of National Politicians, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (1999); The State Duma, Moscow (2000)[4]
  • Russians, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2000); Canadian Embassy, Moscow (2000); Mike Bossy, Montreal (2000).
  • 100 years of Moscow (as part of group show), Montreal City Hall (2000)
  • 10 years in Moscow, Canadian Parliament, Ottawa (2001); Russian Embassy, Ottawa (2001)
  • The Russians Emerge, Russian Consulate, New York (2002); Philadelphia (2003); Cirque du Soleil, Montreal (2003); The Arts Factory, Las Vegas (2004); Carlu, Toronto (2004).
  • The Himalayas, Biosphere, Montreal (2004)
  • Selected Histories, Groupe Cossette, Montreal (2004)
  • Distinct Society, HollingerCollins Gallery, Montreal (2006)
  • 300 Reasons to Love Havana/300 raisons d'aimer La Havane, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (foyer Boutique-Librairie M) (March–November 2018)

Books[]

  • Heidi Chez Les Soviets, Les Intouchables. Montreal, 1999.[4]
  • Peculiarities of Russian Politicians. Moscow: Vagrius, 1999.[4]
  • Les Russes, Les Éditions Stanké. Montreal, 2000.[4]
  • Russians. Moscow: Vagrius, 2000.[4]
  • The Russians Emerge. New York: Abbeville, 2002. ISBN 0789207575.[5]
  • Monsieur Poutine, Vous Permettez?. Montreal: Semaine, 2008.
  • 300 Reasons to Love Havana. Montreal: Homme, 2018.
  • 300 raisons d'aimer La Havane. Montreal: Homme, 2018.

Collections[]

Hollinger's work is held in the following public collections:

  • [citation needed]
  • Moscow House of Photography[citation needed]
  • Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art[citation needed]

Politics[]

On May 14, 2021, it was announced that Hollinger would join Ensemble Montréal as a city councilor candidate in the Saint-Henri-Est-Petite-Bourgogne-Pointe-Saint-Charles-Griffintown electoral district for the 2021 Montreal municipal election.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The bilingual globetrotter". McGill University. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Waterfront Cities of The World". The TVDB.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Waterfront Cities of the World - Examining port cities with photographer Heidi Hollinger". TV Guide. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Фотоальбом Хайди Холлинджер". Молва.ru. Lavtech.com Corp. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Heidi Hollinger". Abbeville Press. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ Brasseur, Nicolas (2021-05-14). "Heidi Hollinger devient candidate dans le Sud-Ouest". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-26.

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